LOGINSIMON’S POVThe one thing that I thought about all of the time that I was in hiding was how to get my revenge….But no, it was not for the same reasons that you would probably think.I still had some unfinished business with Bree, or Cynthia. Whatever the fuck name that she was using now. I told her that she was going to face the full force of my wrath, and when I said it, I meant it.And Anika…The only way that I was ever going to let her go was if I died.The powers above had given me one more shot at life, by making me not to die after I had taken that poison, and I would be damned if I ever let that chance slip though my fingers.“She is here Sir”I barely looked up at Manuel before I nodded once “bring her in”Anika insisted on meeting me in a public place, she was still cautious.Smart girl.That was an indeed smart decision not to trust me, besides she was literally walking into a lion’s den.But the thing is, I was not stupid enough to meet her in a place where she could easi
JONATHAN’S POV“Are you alright, baby?”I forced a smile onto my face and leaned forward just enough to let Cynthia kiss my cheek.My plan had never been to come back here after the way she behaved the other day.I was done.At least, I thought I was.But then Anika planted that seed of doubt in my head, and no matter how hard I tried to ignore it, it kept growing.I needed answers.Liam was behind bars for a crime that I knew, with every fiber of my being, he did not commit.Yet somehow...Everything seemed to point back to Cynthia.None of it made sense.Her hatred toward Liam had always been strange.She had never even met him, yet every time his name came up there was this tiny flicker in her eyes.It was pure disgust, like she hated even the thought of him. No matter how subtle it was, it was still there.Then there was her fashion line. Anika said that the newly released clothes were the same ones that she sketched, and I knew that she was no liar.So everything was just weird.
ANIKA’S POV“You can come in and see the inmate now.”Those words felt like a bucket of cold water being dumped all over the anxiety that had been swallowing me whole.I swallowed stiffly before nodding once.“Okay.”My legs felt like jelly as I followed the officer down the long hospital corridor. Every step felt heavier than the last.Please let him be okay.Please...The officer unlocked the door and stepped aside.The second I walked inside and saw the state Liam was in, every single tear that I had struggled so hard to keep at bay rushed straight to my eyes.He looked...I don’t even know the right words for it, but I was sure that I hated it.His skin had become much paler than usual, and that healthy glow on his face that used to make me so jealous of his skin care routine had somehow, disappeared.Dark circles framed his beautiful grey eyes, making it painfully obvious that he had barely slept since he was thrown into prison.There was a rough stubble covering his jaw now. It
LIAM’S POV“Nooo!”I shot upright from that tiny bunk bed with so much force that the top of my head slammed against the cold metal frame above me.Bang.Pain exploded through my skull.“Hey you, stop being so noisy.”Sergio's irritated voice drifted down from the top bunk.“I... I'm sorry,” I muttered, rubbing the sore spot on my head.“Whatever. Just settle the fuck down before I come down there and make sure you never make a peep again.”Well...I guess you could already tell what an absolute delight my cellmate was.I let out a shaky breath and sat on the edge of the mattress, burying my face in my hands.The nightmare again.Every single damn night.It always started the same way.Anika.She would be standing somewhere far away from me, smiling softly.Then the ground beneath her feet would disappear.She would begin sinking.Slowly.Into a darkness that had no end, like a bottomless pit, and I would see her just sink lower and lower, never stopping.I always ran.I screamed unti
ANIKA’S POVI never thought that there would be a day that I will drink again.I hated the feeling of utter despair that burrowed so much into my soul that there was no telling where I ended and where the sorrow began… it was like I was drowning deeper and deeper into this endless pit of despair and there was nothing that I could do to get out of it.I was not willing to, not until Liam was back home and in my arms again, where he belonged. And not hurting and being mauled by mosquitoes over there in that prison.More tears spilled out of my eyes.What was he eating there?Liam was not picky but he still easily got stomach upset whenever the food was too bland or too spicy, even if the flavors just did not agree with him.He didn’t have a blanket.Liam was prone to a cold really easily.And I could not even be there for him… all because of this fucked up situation.Because someone decided that it was alright to just lie about him like this and hurt him.“Fuck!!!”I loud shout tore out
JONATHAN’S POVI hated fighting with Liam, I really did.He had been my best friend since before we could even talk, and he knew me more than I even knew myself sometimes, and I could say the same for him but the problem was that this time, he was not even making an effort to understand.I had finally found love.For the first time I had finally felt what it felt like to be wanted by a woman, and for me to love someone as much as they loved me, and yet he could not even let me have this without telling me to beware of her like she was some sort of criminal.I looked at Liam sometimes and I always wanted the kind of love that he had.Not that I was envious of him or anything, in fact I was one of the happiest for him when he and Anika were finally on the same page. They brought out the best in each other, and those two had so much chemistry that it was disgusting sometimes, but they were in love.I wanted that for myself too.And I found that in Cynthia…. So why, just why, could Liam n
ANIKA’S POV“Are you really sure about this?” Felicia asked and I nodded.“I am sure”“But-”I cut her off “please don’t. Hell I just finished having this exact conversation with Liam and it was not easy” I said voice pleading.Felicia just sucked in whatever she had to say “ok then”Sure, I was aw
LIAM’S POVI don’t know why, but from the second that Anika made that phone call, I could not help but worry.And so, it was no surprise that I could not even bear to wait for closing hours before I had clocked off work.“Let’s go Jonathan” I said.He arched a brow at me, with that annoying ass smi
ANIKA’S POV“Wait.”My heart was thumping rapidly against my chest. Okay, maybe I did not think this through well enough. Coming to this engagement party and then bumping into Simon like this.It sounded a lot smarter in my head.It was just that Liam had mentioned it, the fact that Simon had been
SIMON’S POVToday was the Mondayest of Mondays to ever Monday, and I mean that in the worst way possible.For one, I should definitely not have drank as much as I did yesterday because then my head would not have been aching this much. And not only that, maybe I would not have slept through my alar







